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Price: $14.50
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1967
Stock No.: 81799
First Edition. The author profiles nine mostly European people of means, eight men and one woman, who sought adventure, wealth, hunting and/or the experience of traveling in the untamed American West. With plenty of black & white drawings, photos and maps. --- In brown and green cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in gilt and maroon on cover and spine. Jacket with color cover and spine illustrations. --- A very nice copy: clean, unmarked and firmly bound. P... View more info
By: STEGNER, Wallace
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday: 1974
Stock No.: 72732
Much praised biography of writer DeVoto by the noted author Stegner in a very nice copy. With many b&w photos of Mr DeVoto and his associates. In 2-toned brown full cloth covers with very light edgewear. Interior clean, bright and unmarked. Possible remainder spray on lower edge. Dust jacket light chafed, espec. at edges & w/very sm closed tear at back cover; bears orig $12.50 flap price. In removable mylar protector.; 8vo 8" - 9-1/2" tall; 464 pages View more info
By: STEGNER, Wallace
Price: $15.50
Publisher: New York, Wings Books: 1995
Stock No.: 74283
In maroon paper-covered boards with titling in blue on spine. Interior pages clean and unmarked, but just a bit yellowed. Dust jacket in nice shape. Collection of personal essays written by the great novelist and taking a look back at his beloved American West. ; 8vo 8" - 10" tall; xxiii, 227 pages View more info
By: STEINBACH, Alice
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: 2000
Stock No.: 74188
Second printing. In navy and cream paper-covered boards with lettering in gilt on spine. Interior features color reproductions of postage stamps throughout; and with illustrations. A clean, bright and firm copy of author's memoir of her travels.; 8vo 8" - 10" tall; 280 pages View more info
By: STEINBECK, John
Price: $25.00
Publisher: MeadWestvaco: 2002
Stock No.: 75706
A special, limited edition of the author's memoir of his trip across the U.S. with his poodle, Charley. Published as the 2002 entry in MeadWestvaco Corporation's American Classics Series. In blue quarter cloth over white paper-covered boards and in slipcase. Titling in gilt on spine. Endpapers, covers, slipcase and title page all bear picture postcard-look graphics in bright colors and with U.S. state names. --- In top shape, clean, bright and crisp. (Any reference to du... View more info
By: STEPHENS, Brad (compiler); COLLINS, Grellet (publisher)
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Dill & Collins Co.: 1923
Stock No.: 80779
This pictorial biography of Benjamin Franklin was published in conjunction with the 200th anniversary of Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia. Text compiled from four different biographies, as well as other sources, by Brad Stephens. With many black & white illustrations as well as color frontis N. C. Wyeth painting depicting Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia, as well as a color portrait of Franklin by Joseph Sifrede Duplessis. A 1955 U. S. Post Office Department press re... View more info
By: STERNE, Laurence; GRANT, Douglas (editor)
Price: $42.00
Publisher: London, Rupert Hart-Davis: 1950
Stock No.: 79098
A collection of the principal works of the 18th Century British novelist and clergyman in the publisher's Reynard Library Series. Edited, and with an introduction, by Douglas Grant. --- In full beveled-edge reddish brown cloth-covered boards; titling and decorations gilt-stamped on cover and spine. Jacket with R. Stone woodcut illustration of a fox and foliage. --- With a touch of sunning to lower spine area; otherwise a clean, bright, firm copy. Dust jacket with conside... View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York, Fords, Howard, Hulbert: 1878
Stock No.: 73612
Former property of the library.In green cloth-covered boards with decorations and lettering in black on cover; in black and gilt on spine. With numerous b&w engraved illustrations, including tissue-protected frontis illust. Likely first edition, but not possible to verify for this publisher. Volume is cocked, and with interior smudges and some soiling and foxing. Library ownership evidence consists of rubberstampings at endpapers, and at least once in mid-volume; pocket ... View more info
By: STRACHEY, Lytton
Price: $15.50
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [1954]
Stock No.: 76628
Four short biographies of leading persons living in the time of Queen Victoria: Cardinal Henry Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Thomas Arnold and Gen. "Chinese" Gordon. This work first published in 1918. With a preface by the author. --- Toledano spine 8, w/green cloth-covered boards, gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks, black topstain, grey Kent endpapers. Volume bears 1918 date but likely published c.1954. Jacket style i, verso advertises 371 titles in... View more info
By: STRACHEY, Lytton
Price: $13.00
Publisher: Garden City, New York, Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.: [ca.1920s-30s]
Stock No.: 78599
A reprint edition featuring four short biographies of leading English citizens living in the time of Queen Victoria: Cardinal Henry Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Thomas Arnold and Gen. "Chinese" Gordon. With four portraits of the subjects. This work first published in 1918. Includes a preface by the author. --- In rose cloth-covered boards with titling in yellow on cover & spine. Lacks a dust jacket. Undated, but likely published ca.1920s-1930s. --- Covers w... View more info
By: Strober, Gerald & Deborah Hart Strober
Price: $14.50
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1998
Stock No.: 73105
Authors' unique perspective on Ronald Reagan's presidency involves interviews with over a hundred key players and their direct quotes regarding moments along the way. First Edition/First Printing.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 622 pages View more info
Price: $14.50
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1956]
Stock No.: 81503
The life the great Italian painter, sculptor, architect and writer is presented in this Modern Library hardcover reprint edition. With striking color illustration on jacket cover by E. McKnight Kauffer. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso advertises 377 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1956 (no publication date appears in book). ML #49.2. --- A very nice ... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Ankeny, Iowa, Soil Conservation Society of America: 1987
Stock No.: 82251
A collection of essays honoring the life and legacy of Aldo Leopold, author of "A Sand County Almanac". Mr. Leopold was active in the fields of wildlife and wilderness preservation. --- A softcover in brown wraps, with photo of Leopold to cover. --- With some sunning to cover, else a clean, bright, unmarked copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xv, 175 pages View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday: 1952
Stock No.: 72884
A one-volume look at Sir Winston's life in a good copy. Book club edition, in full blue cloth covers. Interior clean & bright and unmarked. Dust jacket has 2 in. tear at head of spine; has other chips and tears but is intact and in removable mylar protector.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall View more info
By: TENZING, Tashi; TENZING, Judy
Price: $28.50
Publisher: Camden, Maine, Ragged Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill: 2001
Stock No.: 77326
First Printing in this American trade paperback edition. An account of the life of and accomplishments of Tenzing Norgay, and a biography of the sherpas of Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal. With forewords by Sir Edmund Hillary and the Dalai Lama. With numerous maps and photos. Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund were the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. Tashi Tenzing is the grandson of Tenzing Norgay who was assisted by his wife Judy in the writing of this b... View more info
By: THOMPSON, Oscar
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Dover Publications Inc.: 1967
Stock No.: 82603
A biography of the great French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918). In this work, the life of Debussy is described as he is influenced by the likes of Wagner, Tchaikovsky, R. Strauss and others. A goodly portion of this work is devoted to analysis of Debussy's music. With a couple of black & white photos (including frontis photographic portrait of Debussy). --- In stiff wraps with detail from the frontis portrait to cover. With light sunning to spine & a little discolor... View more info
By: TIGHE, Ronald
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Denver, Golden Bell Press: 1979
Stock No.: 77394
Former newsman's account of his quest to ride on horseback, alone, along the Continental Divide from Mexico to Canada. The journey ended up taking three summers to complete. With 4 b&w photos near the front of the volume. --- Trade paperback in white wraps. A clean, firm, unmarked copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages View more info
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Anchor Books/Doubleday: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78894
First printing. The author follows climber Dan Osman and friends as they attempt seemingly impossible climbs. --- In black & blue paper-covered boards. Jacket with Eric Perlman color photo. --- A clean, bright copy in similar jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages View more info
By: TWAIN, Mark
Price: $31.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: [c.1930s-40s]
Stock No.: 80352
An illustrated reprint edition of Mark Twain's 1883 work, which has been described as "part travel book, part autobiography and part social commentary". In publisher's "Holiday Edition", with color frontis and 8 black and white illustrations by Walter Stewart. --- In black cloth-covered boards, Stewart's color frontis illustration pasted to cover (and repeated on jacket), with gilt-stamped spine titling. Likely published c.1930s-40s, though 1917 date appe... View more info
By: TWAIN, Mark (CLEMONS, Samuel)
Price: $460.00
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. USA, The American Publishing Company: 1897
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81715
First edition of the account by Mark Twain (1835-1910) of his world travels, written while on lecture tour for purposes of debt reduction. This work represents the fifth and final travel book by Clemons, and focuses on experiences and sights encountered in India, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, Fiji, Mauritius and South Africa. Includes frontis photo of Twain, as well as many, many additional black & white drawings, sketches and photos scattered throughout the volume. -... View more info
By: VASARI, Giorgio
Price: $16.50
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1964]
Stock No.: 81774
Written in 1567, this profile of leading Italian artists has endured through the centuries and presented in a Modern Library reprint edition. Abridged from the translation by Gaston DuC. DeVere. Edited and with an introduction by Robert N. Linscott. --- In Toledano spine 11 / green cloth / ML hex logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists titles in ML catalog, but no specific number. Likely published ... View more info
By: VESTAL, Stanley
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Lincoln, Nebraska, University of Nebraska Press: 1971
Stock No.: 74282
Third softcover printing of work which was first written in 1946. In a clean copy but with prev. owner's inked name on title page. Textblock firm, covers rubbed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 333 pages View more info
By: VILLEHARDOUIN, Geffroi de; JOINVILLE, Jean , Sire de
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London / New York, Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.: 1957
Stock No.: 81736
This Everyman's Library edition presents two accounts by French noblemen of their respective 13th century crusades. Villehardouin recounts events in the Fourth Crusade of 1202-04; de Joinville the Crusade of Louis IX from 1248 to 1254. Translated from the French and with an introduction by Sir Frank Marzials. Number 333 in Everyman's Library History series. --- A 1957 reprint edition, in Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full pale red cloth-covered board... View more info
By: VITALE, Serena
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Farrar Straus & Giroux: 1999
Edition: First American Edition
Stock No.: 82117
Stated first English-language edition. An examination of the last four months of the life of the great Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837). Pushkin was killed in a duel with his brother-in-law, a result of a complicated series of events and interrelationships. This edition rendered into English from the Italian by Ann Goldstein and Jon Rothschild. --- In charcoal paper-covered boards backed in red cloth, with titling stamped in gilt on spine. Dust jacket features ... View more info
Price: $14.50
Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1952
Stock No.: 74547
First Edition, with small card requesting a book review from publisher. In maroon full cloth-covered boards with titling and author's facsimile signature on cover and spine. Interior with full-page frontis map of Korea (repeated on back of jacket). Cover with rubbing and superficial scratches; interior clean and bright. Jacket has chafing at crease points and edges; bears orig. $3 flap price and in mylar protector. --- From the jacket: 'This book is packed with outspoken... View more info
By: Weaver, William; Puccini, Simonetta
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, W W Norton & Co Inc: 1994
Stock No.: 73197
Compendium of articles about the great opera composer, Giacomo Puccini. Edited by William Weaver, with essay by Puccini's granddaughter, Simonetta Puccini. With many photos. Second printing. Volume has been exposed to dampness; upper parts of pages slightly rippled. With inked presentation remarks, front free endpaper; otherwise interior clean and bright. Dust jacket rippled but otherwise undamaged; bears orig. $30 flap price. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 448 pages View more info
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 73100
The Webster theatre family is profiled here by famed actress-director (and family member) in nice copy. In full green cloth on board covers w/gilt & maroon decorations and lettering. Interior clean and unmarked. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket w/priceclipped flap & lightly chafed at edges, otherwise in good shape. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 390 pages View more info
By: WELTY, Eudora
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Book-of-the-Month Club: 2002
Stock No.: 73092
Clean, bright, crisp copy; both volume and dust jacket. ; The William E. Massey, Sr., Lectures in the History of American Civilization; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 104 pages View more info
By: WEST, Anthony
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78830
The son of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West presents a biography of his father. With a section of b&w photos. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on cover and spine. Jacket features portrait of H. G. Wells on cover. --- Volume has been exposed to moisture, causing black bleed-off to jacket and textblock; covers are slightly splayed but otherwise this book is in good shape. Dust jacket with rubbing and tears along edges; is bright ... View more info
Price: $33.00
Publisher: Köln, Germany, Taschen: 2010
Stock No.: 80090
A comprehensive, English-language biography of the great French Impessionist painter, Claude Monet (1840-1926). Full color reproductions of his paintings are presented throughout, as well as black and white photos depicting scenes from the artist's life. Adapted from volume 1 of publisher's earlier 4-volume catalogue. --- In pale blue paper-covered boards with titling in white on cover and spine. Dust jacket bears color image of Monet's "Water Lily Pond, Symphony in ... View more info
By: Willard, Samuel
Price: $19.00
Publisher: H.G. Campbell Pub. Co: 1903
Stock No.: 71437
No DJ. Very rarely seen copy of biography of 2nd US President. In brick red full cloth covers; with scuffed edges espec at head & tail of spine. Interior is yellowed, with possible publisher's sticker over upper 1/4 of front pastedown [obscuring something]. Previous retailer's indelible price front endpaper; interior clean and tight, with slight beginnings of separation at rear of vol. ; Great Americans of history; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 126 pages View more info
By: Wilson, Derek
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 2002
Edition: First American Edition; First Printing
Stock No.: 71954
In-depth look at six men who surrounded Henry VIII and their part in the story of this sometimes unbelievable monarch. In top shape, w/prev owner's gold embossed sticker front free endpaper. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 576 pages View more info
Price: $15.95
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1998
Stock No.: 71875
Nice copy of author's work, which narrows itself to the years 1831-1842. In full maroon & black paperboard covers. Stated 1st ed but no price on DJ flap. DJ has mock scratches on front, as published. Clean and bright, unmarked. Dust wrapper in removable mylar protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 383 pages View more info
Price: $36.00
Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82594
A first printing of this hefty, comprehensive biography of the great Russian classical composer, Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Per the jacket flap, the author drew from information not ". . .previously published in English, personal accounts and interviews. . .[providing] a fascinating perspective on the social and political history of Soviet Russia." With two sections of black & white plates bearing images of scenes and people in Shostakovich's life. Indexed... View more info
By: WINTER, George
Price: $40.50
Publisher: Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Society: 1948
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82424
A first edition of this collection of paintings and drawings by George Winter (1809-1876), an English-born landscape artist who specialized in portraits of Indians. This work also includes his journals describing his interactions with his Indian subjects. With 30 plates, mostly displaying his watercolors and with some inked sketches; frontis self-portrait of Mr. Winter. With biographical articles by Wilbur D. Peat and Gayle Thornbrough and an introduction by Howard H. Pe... View more info
By: WISENTHAL, J. L. (editor); SHAW, Bernard
Price: $36.50
Publisher: [Toronto], University of Toronto Press: [1980]
Stock No.: 78971
A comparison of the works by the two great modern playwrights, edited by the co-author of "What Shaw Really Wrote about the War". Includes an introductory essay by J. L. Wisenthal. This volume is sealed in an unopened shrink wrapper, thus bibliographical data is not readily determined. Appears to be a clean, fresh, undamaged copy in bright red cloth covers. Jacket with b&w composite portrait of Shaw and Isben. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; [268] pages View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78739
Stated First Edition (Thus). General Wistar was an attorney, served in the Civil War, was a railroad executive and founded the Wistar Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, but is perhaps best known for his role in the development of California and the Far West. Per Howes, W598: "Largely devoted to the opening development of the far West from 1849 to 1860, in which Wistar played a conspiciuous part before achieving fame and fortune in Pennsylvania." --- In ... View more info
By: WOODFORDE, James; HUGHES, David (selected & edited by)
Price: $36.00
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1992
Stock No.: 77165
First Folio Society edition. A beautifully produced copy of the parson's diary, which he kept from 1759 through 1802 and which provides a good idea of English life in this period. Entries selected, and with an introduction, by David Hughes. With engraved illustrations throughout by Ian Stephens. Includes a section of brief biographies at rear of volume. --- Bound in quarter navy cloth, with marbled paper-covered boards. Titling gilt-stamped on red spine blocks. Publisher... View more info
By: YOUNG, Barbara
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1945
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81860
Stated first edition of this biography of the Lebanese-born American romantic poet and artist. With several black & white plates, bearing works by Gibran or scenes from his life. With a foreword by the author. --- In full black cloth, with titling and illustrations in gilt on cover and spine. --- With a partial split near front of volume, but binding remains fairly tight. With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper and underlinings on some leaves. An old... View more info
By: YOUNG, G. F.
Price: $16.50
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [1950]
Stock No.: 76625
A profile of the House of Medici who wielded great power in Florence and Tuscany, starting in the 14th century. With preface by the author. Jacket features striking illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer. --- Toledano spine 8, w/blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks, faded black topstain, grey Kent endpapers. Volume bears 1930 date but likely published c.1950. Jacket style h, verso advertises 347 titles in ML catalog. ML #179.1. --- With prev... View more info
